Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019

FemmeFilmFest Interview: In Full Bloom director Maegan Houang

I spoke to Maegan Houang, the filmmaker behind the gorgeous, moving short film, In Full Bloom. The film was in ...

Little Pyongyang and Dignan the Dog among winners at FemmeFilmFest 2019 Roll of Honor

In case you missed the Roll of Honor for the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival on Sunday you can watch the ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: Lauren Minnerath’s The Morning After

In the short film The Morning After, a gay interracial Brooklyn couple copes with life the day after the 2016 ...
Locker Room

Four Great Short Films You May Have Missed at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

With the Femme Filmmakers Festival for 2019 now closing its doors, here are four of the films out of competition ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: The Edge of Seventeen

This is the second installment in a series of articles dedicated to championing films that have seen little love since ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig

Lady Bird (2017) is a coming-of-age film that was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. Directed and written by ...

Day Ten marks the final chapter of the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

As online events go, without having to chase for tickets or wait forever in long queues or figure out where ...

Filmotomy Podcast 89: A spot of Golf with filmmaker Julia Bales

On the penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, the Filmotomy Podcast goes on a round of Golf with the ...

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Evolution director Lucile Hadžihalilović

Paved with an unusual coating of serenity and mystery, Lucile Hadžihalilović's extraordinary Evolution is in a league of its own ...
A Silent Voice Naoko Yamada

FemmeFilmFest Review: A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada)

Behind A Silent Voice’s immaculate, gorgeous animation, is direction so strong, so careful, and so well constructed, that it asserts ...

FemmeFilmFest Day Nine brings some light relief

The penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival is upon us. And with it we dip into a little bit ...
Once Upon a Line

FemmeFilmFest Animation: Once Upon a Line from Alicja Jasina

We take everyday sounds for granted, the little hums and taps, the sips and steps, how the outside world of ...
Ailleurs

FemmeFilmFest Animation: Ailleurs (Somewhere) from Mélody Boulissière

The metallic music and crisp sound design of Mélody Boulissière's brilliant animated short, Ailleurs (Somewhere), are just two of the ...
Revenge

FemmeFilmFest Review: Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat

Having tip-toed on the verge of being exploitative in its graphical depiction of sexual assault versus actually being empowering, the ...
Coralie Fargeat

Filmotomy Podcast 88: With Special Guest, Coralie Fargeat, Director of Revenge

Filmotomy's third Podcast during the Femme Filmmakers Festival is a bloody special one. Pun intended. Robin Write is the lucky ...
Capernaum Nadine Labaki

FemmeFilmFest Review: Capernaum, Nadine Labaki

With its award-winning streak and Oscar nominations Capernaum is a film that evidently a hit with critics and cinema goers ...
Tigers Are Not Afraid Issa López

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #39: Watch Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid Now on Shudder

Many of the film lovers of the universe didn't perhaps even know you were anticipating this wonder. After a terrific ...
Day Eight

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Kitty Faingold, director of the vivid animation, Body World

Body World, directed by Kitty Faingold, is an unforgettable venture through the inner workings of the human vessel. Imagery so ...
Day Eight

Day Eight of the Femme Filmmakers Film Festival Might be the busiest yet

You want another podcast, you got it. More interviews, sure. Plenty of reviews coming your way too. Day Eight of ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: Short Film Thanksgiving directed by Van B. Nguyen

Van B. Nguyen’s Thanksgiving focuses on Ma (Elyse Dinh) while she prepares and hosts a holiday meal. And it is a beautiful, observant ...
Nancy

FemmeFilmFest Review: Christina Choe’s Nancy (2018)

Film history has been impacted by a number of Anglo female characters with various mental disturbances and obsessions. Bette Davis ...
Rosanna Jimenez

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Hyphen Actress Rosanna Jiménez

Four illuminating, radiant faces of different ages shine on the screen in Maria Servellon's wonderful short film, Hyphen. One of ...
Lola Rose Bond

FemmeFilmFest Interview: EVE director Lola Rose Bond and her leading lady Lisa Hughes

At 17 years old, Lola Bond is an Aussie filmmaker and actor with big ambitions and a firm future in ...
Nancy

Day Seven of the FemmeFimFest is another Diverse Bunch of Films

Day Seven already of the Femme Filmmakers Festival. More of the same format-wise, but new avenues to explore for sure ...
Lissa Deonarain

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Hyphen Producer Lissa Deonarain

From speaking to Lissa Deonarain, one of the producers of Maria Servellon's serenely captivating short film, Hyphen, I was reminded ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman (2017)

Ever wonder (no pun intended) the origin of a comic book superhero? Angela Robinson's Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman ...
On Her Shoulders

FemmeFilmFest Review: Alexandria Bombach’s Powerful Documentary On Her Shoulders

There is a deeply unsettling feeling that the truly empathetic experiences when informed of atrocities, regardless of the medium of ...
Maria Servellon

Filmotomy Podcast 87: Hyphen Short Film Director, Maria Servellon, and Composer, Monica Lyrae, at FemmeFilmFest

As the Femme Filmmakers Festival hits Day Six, the Filmotomy Podcast showcases one of the short films in competition, Hyphen ...
Sour

FemmeFilmFest: Short Animation ‘Sour’ directed by Daniela Sherer

As short films go, Sour is ultrashort, less than two minutes long. But damn it hurt! Daniela Sherer’s colourful animation ...

Here’s the Line-up for Day Six of the FemmeFilmFest

There's an even greater sense of international expression in today film line-up for the Femme Filmmakers Festival. We also have ...
In Full Bloom

FemmeFilmFest Review: Maegan Houang’s in competition short In Full Bloom

Let’s discuss a hypothetical. Let’s say you consider yourself a “green thumb” of sorts. You have a plant you really ...

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Molly McGlynn and Mary Goes Round

I first crossed paths with Canadian director Molly McGlynn when we showcased one of her short films right here at ...
The Rider

FemmeFilmFest – ‘The Rider’: Gorgeous Heartbreak through a Singular Cowboy

Films have long existed in the coastal majority. They explore places, people, and stories that are recycled, repackaged, and sold ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: The Law of Averages written and directed by Elizabeth Rose

A death in the family is a somber affair. Relatives rally around the deceased, often saying prayers, lighting candles, and ...

Femme Filmmakers Festival Makes it to Day Five

Maegan, Molly, Danielle, Ann, Elizabeth. Those names are what a director sounds like. Just a handful of the ever-increasing female ...
Courtney Hope Thérond

FemmeFilmFest: Filmmaker Courtney Hope Thérond talks to Filmotomy about The Dress You Have On

Relationship can be tough at the best of times. We learn about each other, not necessarily getting to decide which ...

Femme Filmmakers Festival Day Four: What to Expect Today and a Playlist of What You Might Have Missed

That's right. As Day Four of the Femme Filmmakers Festival arrives, I thought it would be a good time to ...
Family Portrait

FemmeFilmFest Review: The Exquisite Family Portrait from Director Kelly Holmes

I love short films like I love short stories: when done well, they can draw their viewer (or reader) in ...

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Actress Krista Jensen on the Comedy Short It’s Been Too Long

It took me a while to figure out the romantic leads in It's Been Too Long, Krista Jensen and David ...
Family Portrait Kelly Holmes

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Family Portrait Director Kelly Holmes on Being a Filmmaker, Period Pieces, and Collaboration

It might be fair to say that the detailed period setting of the short film, Family Portrait, may well be ...

FemmeFilmFest Review: Official Selection – Earth • People • Words (Dayna Reggero)

Documentaries have long been an opportunity for filmmakers to make a statement, using real people’s stories combined with pointed interviews ...

Femme Filmmakers Festival Day Three Already?

Welcome to Day Three of the 2019 Femme Filmmakers Festival. So what are you watching today? What have you watched ...

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Claire Fowler Talks to Filmotomy about her Wondrous Short Film ‘Salam’

As there is a review to follow during the Femme Filmmakers Festival, I am not going to delve too deeply ...
Thirteen

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #38: Thirteen (2003) by Catherine Hardwicke at FemmeFilmFest

Catherine Hardwicke made one the most emotive, honest motion pictures in 2003 with Thirteen. The screenplay was co-written with 14 ...

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Dayna Reggero on her poetic journey with ‘Earth • People • Words’

One of 20 films in competition at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is Earth • People • Words, a documentary ...
Sanna Lenken My Skinny Sister

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Sanna Lenken talks to Filmotomy about her moving debut feature My Skinny Sister

In 2015, Swedish filmmaker, Sanna Lenken, invited us to see her debut film, My Skinny Sister. You've not heard of ...

FemmeFilmFest Day Two is Better Late Than Never

Due to some unforeseen technical difficulties yesterday, Day Two of the Femme Filmmakers Festival is running behind. That's not to ...
Kimmy Gatewood

FemmeFilmFest Interview: Kimmy Gatewood Speaks to Filmotomy on Creating ‘Control’

Suicide is not the first subject matter than springs to mind when you think of a comedy film, but director ...

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #37: Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette at FemmeFilmFest

Perhaps one of the most apt films to feature at an event such as the Femme Filmmakers Festival is Sarah ...
FemmeFilmFest

FemmeFilmFest: Roxy Rezvany’s Little Pyongyang

Directed by Roxy Rezvany, this documentary short tells the story of Joong-wha Choi, a North Korean immigrant living in London ...

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #36: Agnès Varda’s La Pointe Courte at FemmeFilmFest

Oh what a loss the Agnès Varda is. And how how poignant it feels to go all the way back ...
FemmeFilmFest

Filmotomy Podcast 86: Emma Kreienberg and Nicole Palermo are Ballin’ With No Balls at the FemmeFilmFest

As the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival kicks into its first day, the Filmotomy Podcast invites Emma Kreienberg and Nicole Palermo, ...
FemmeFilmFest

4th Femme Filmmakers Festival Opens With Aurora Fearnley’s Pulsar

The 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is finally here. On Day One we begin our three-day salute to the incomparable Agnès ...
FFF wide

Filmotomy Podcast 85: 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival Preview

With just seven days to go until the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival, Robin invites two of this year's jury members ...
lineup

Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019 – The Full Short and Feature Film Line-Up is Here

Firstly, thank you to Melanie Belmonte, the Femme Filmmakers Festival Delegate, who was a huge part of selecting these films ...

Revealed: Jury Members for the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

A day before the exciting line-up for the 2019 Femme Filmmakers Festival (it's quite the list I can tell you), ...

Poster Revealed for the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019

On the 15th April 2019, the Cannes Film Festival announced their brand new poster for the upcoming event, with none ...